Space and Sound in the British Parliament, 1399 to the Present: Architecture, Access and Acoustics

ISBN-13: 9781119564171 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 168 str.

J. P. D. Cooper; Richard A. Gaunt

Spis treści

1. Architecture and Politics in the Palace of Westminster, 1399 to the Present (J.P.D. Cooper and Richard A. Gaunt)2. The Painted Chamber at Westminster and the Openings of Parliament, 1399 - 1484 (Jennifer Caddick)3. The Elizabethan House of Commons and St Stephen's Chapel Westminster (J.P.D. Cooper)4. The Sound of Debate in Georgian England: Auralizing the House of Commons (Catriona Cooper)5. Ventilating the Commons, Heating the Lords, 1701-1834 (Elizabeth Hallam-Smith)6. A sense of crowd and urgency'? Atmosphere and inconvenience in the chamber of the old House of Commons (Paul Seaward)7. Parliament as viewed through a woman's eyes: gender and space in the nineteenth-century Commons (Sarah Richardson)8. St Stephen's in war and peace: civil defence and the location of Parliament, 1938-51 (Miles Taylor)9. The Palace of Westminster: Another Window of Opportunity? (Leanne-Marie Cotter)Index

O autorze

J.P.D. Cooper is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of York. Since 2013 he has been principal investigator of the AHRC-funded projects 'St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster' and 'Listening to the Commons'.Richard A. Gaunt is Associate Professor in History at the University of Nottingham and the joint editor of Parliamentary History.